Ando clan
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The was a family of samurai
who served the Tokugawa clan
. In the Edo period
, a major branch of the family ruled the Iwakidaira Domain
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Samurai
is the term for the military nobility of pre-industrial Japan. According to translator William Scott Wilson: "In Chinese, the character 侍 was originally a verb meaning to wait upon or accompany a person in the upper ranks of society, and this is also true of the original term in Japanese, saburau...
who served the Tokugawa clan
Tokugawa clan
The was a powerful daimyo family of Japan. They nominally descended from Emperor Seiwa and were a branch of the Minamoto clan by the Nitta clan. However, the early history of this clan remains a mystery.-History:...
. In the Edo period
Edo period
The , or , is a division of Japanese history which was ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family, running from 1603 to 1868. The political entity of this period was the Tokugawa shogunate....
, a major branch of the family ruled the Iwakidaira Domain
Iwakidaira Domain
The was a Japanese domain of the Edo period, located in southern Mutsu Province. It was ruled by the Andō clan.-List of lords:*Torii clan #Tadamasa*Naitō clan #Masanaga#Tadaoki#Yoshimune#Yoshitaka#Yoshishige...
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